Abingdon fosters tremendous musical talent with a large team of staff and peripatetic teachers who are
specialists in their field. There is ample opportunity for the boys to enjoy music of all kinds and at all
levels with several choirs, two brass, a wind and jazz bands plus Chamber, First and Second
Orchestras. Over half of the boys take individual instrumental or vocal lessons and standards are
excellent, with many reaching the highest grades at an early age. The musical ability at the School is
reflected in the impressive results achieved at GCSE and A level and the wealth of external recognition,
from membership of the National Youth Orchestra to regular organ and choral scholarships to Oxford
and Cambridge. The department has organised many tours abroad in recent years, including
prestigious orchestral tours, involving over one hundred boys, to Beijing and Hong Kong and the USA.
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Music is strong and has
been further strengthened,
as have art and drama, by
the new arts block.”
The Good Schools Guide